Goat thieves target woman farmer

#JamaicaTogether Promo | Daniesha Reynolds

The new norm brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, while challenging, has also brought new opportunities. Various digital solutions are being utilised to meet the needs of customers while keeping them safe. Keep pushing forward, Jamaica! We’re all...

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Summer school on!

THE education ministry has warned schools that there must be strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols to prevent the spread of the virus, as some institutions started summer schools yesterday.

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Fake snooze: A rest warrant foils cell-phone robbers escape

A phone thief thought he'd made the getaway of his dreams, but was apprehended by Metro Police while hiding in someone's bed.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Dream Jamaica goes online

The organisers of Dream Jamaica, a charity organisation which has been mentoring Jamaican high-school students on their journey to tertiary-level education since 2008, are undeterred by the COVID-19 pandemic. Its flagship activity is an annual...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Fireworks spark wedding and a baby

The COVID-19 pandemic may have crushed fairy-tale dream weddings for some in 2020, but the deadly disease was not scary enough for soldier Narmeo Walker to break his New Year’s Day pledge to marry his girlfriend. The 28-year-old private in the...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

The Pros And Cons Of Giving Your Only Child A Sibling

Parents of one child often feel guilty about not giving their child a sibling. At the same time, having another child is a major life decision that should not be taken lightly.

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Tranquility Bay to be reopened as police facility

TREASURE BEACH, St Elizabeth – Just under a decade since the Tranquility Bay facility at Old Wharf in this secluded south coast village was used for a short time as a police training academy, police recruits are to return

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

NFL Will Play Black National Anthem at Games

The NFL remains at the forefront of the new understanding, and now they’ve taken that knowledge, and, in an unprecedented decision, the league announced it would play Lift Every Voice and Sing – the Black National Anthem – before every opening day game this year. The performance of the song will

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Jamaica: Insane man stabs mom to death - Stabroek News

(Jamaica Star) A man, who is allegedly of unsound mind, is in police custody after he allegedly stabbed his mother to death in Bottom Town in Clarks Town, Trelawny, on Tuesday morning. The article Jamaica: Insane man stabs mom to death appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Pandemic, racism compound worries about Black suicide rate - The New York Beacon

New research shows an alarming rise in Black young people trying to take their own lives CHICAGO (AP) —Jasmin Pierrewas 18 when she tried to end her life, overdosing on whatever pills she could find. Diagnosed with depression and anxiety, she survived two more

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Immigration Corner | What is my best migration option?

Dear Miss Powell, I am looking worldwide for opportunities to do well. I am a 28-year-old recent graduate with a master’s degree from the United States of America (USA). However, with what is happening there, I am wondering where is the best place...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Police partially blinded 8 people in 1 day during BLM protests : TheGrio

At least 8 people were partially blinded by police in one day at protests over the killing of George Floyd... View Article The post Police partially blinded 8 people in 1 day during BLM protests appeared first on TheGrio.

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Students pleased with COVID-19 prevention measures for exam

WESTERN BUREAU: High-school students in western Jamaica, who sat for yesterday’s first set of Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) papers, were in full compliance with the Ministry...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

‘Minister, we can’t breathe’

Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture and Rural Affairs Victor Wright’s analogy of the police killing of American George Floyd with the Government’s “disgraceful removal” of small farmers from the former Bernard Lodge Sugar Estate failed to ignite a response from State Minister Floyd Green on

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Africa: Congolese Activist On Trial for Trying to Take Artworks From European Museums

[DW] Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza has tried to remove looted art from museums in protest against the theft of African art treasures. Now he is facing trial.

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Source: allAfrica.com

From Labor to Freedom in Oakland, Obituary of Rev. Dr. Charles Larkrith, 101

Rev. Dr. Charles Larkrith, 101, went from labor to freedom in Oakland, passing peacefully on July 4, 2020. He was born during the worldwide pandemic on March 5, 1919, left this world 101 years later during another pandemic. He was an extraordinary orator and will be remembered for his

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US Carries Out The 1st Federal Execution in Nearly 2 Decades

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday carried out the first federal execution in almost two decades, putting to death a man who was convicted of killing an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest. The execution came over the objection

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Source: Black America Web

Partner of Cabinet minister resigns amid concern over Holland sweetheart deal

Lola Marshall Williams, the partner of Cabinet Minister, JC Hutchinson, has resigned from the company that manages the Holland Estate in St Elizabeth amid conflict of interest concern. In a statement today, Hutchinson, a minister without portfolio...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Four goats found in a Toyota Etios, three suspects nabbed for stock theft

KZN police worried with the spike in livestock theft during the winter season.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Dad stunned after 19-y-o killed | Lead Stories | Ja

Keith Austin was returning home Monday afternoon after a failed quest to obtain work having earlier been overtaken by “bad feeling” – Jamaican vernacular for ominous unease. Austin had barely alighted from the bicycle he had ridden to Waltham Park...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

KRA official risks losing Sh597m over port bribes

The anti-graft agency has launched a fresh bid to seize properties worth Sh597 million from a Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) official.

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Source: Business Daily

“Da 5 Bloods” and America Abroad | New Pittsburgh Courier

by Oscar Blayton I get an ache in my heart every time someone who learns that I am a Vietnam veteran, says “Thank you for your service.” Even before I returned to the United States from my combat tour in Vietnam, I had decided that we were fighting an unjust war. More than 50

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Mexico raises ‘disappeared’ toll to 73,000 amid grinding cartel violence - Stabroek News

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) - Mexico yesterday raised the number of people listed officially as disappeared in the violence-torn country to 73,201, with most of them believed to be victims of brutal drug cartel

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Jamaica is still safe for business – consul general

Amid a slowdown in tourism and remittance flow due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica’s consul general in Miami, Oliver Mair, has sought to reassure the business community in Florida that Jamaica is safe for business as the country reopens its...

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Michigan Judge Faces Outrage After Putting Teen In Juvenile Detention For Not Doing Homework

The case is considered a failure of the judicial system.

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WMC headquarters to be named the Bertel Moore Building

Western Bureau: The Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) last Thursday unanimously passed a resolution to name its new headquarters on Great George’s Street, Savanna-la-Mar, in honour of the town’s mayor, Councillor...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

William Grant Still, Dean of African American Classical Composers

What began as a violin lesson from a private teacher and later with endless hours of listening to Red Seal recordings led to William Grant Still (1895–1978) not only becoming the first African American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the U.S. but a prolific composer of

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Africa: As More Go Hungry and Malnutrition Persists, Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in Doubt, UN Report Warns

Press Release - Securing healthy diets for the billions who cannot afford them would save trillions in costs

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Agriculture Ministry allocates $80M to assist coffee farmers affected by COVID pandemic

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has allocated $80 million to the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) to assist coffee farmers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Making the disclosure at a meeting with the Jamaica...

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South African e-commerce is a Covid-fired market of risk and reward - TechCentral

Having long lagged behind much of the world in terms of e-commerce, South African retailers have been doing a roaring trade online as consumers shy away from shops during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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